1 August (Part 2) - Tinderbox Britain
I gave up on the BBC many years ago when I came to the conclusion that they were
not telling me the whole truth and eventually I gave up on TV altogether. My
viewing is confined to feature films and YouTube.
Last night I followed the Southport related demo or whatever one should call it
in Parliament Square and Whitehall. Three live streams of an hour and more each.
Not all at the same time obviously; I have done a bit of catching up this morning.
One YouTuber claimed to be the organiser and when the chanting threatened to get out of hand
he was seen and heard pleading for calm and asking the police not to provoke the
crowd by behaving like thugs. Today’s Daily Telegraph said the event was organised by
Tommy Robinson and Lawrence Fox. An obvious lie, Robinson is on holiday abroad
with his family and Fox wasn’t there, indeed there were complaints that he had distanced himself from it.
I don’t understand why protestors don’t just sit on the ground and do nothing
other than sing and shout, giving the police no excuse to get their batons out.
The video streams showed a few hotheads throwing beer in the direction of the
police and another shouting encouragement to scale the gates of Downing Street.
However the same video picked up the police giving orders to just pick off
everyone one by one. Anyone, no reason necessary. They arrested a GB News journalist for simply doing his job
from the edge of the road and a 73 year old lady who was there in
sympathy with three sets of bereaved parents but guilty of leaning against a wall. Handcuffs for both of them.
And a lot more. Snatch squads dashed in to take whoever was nearest. The
police were indiscriminate and their behaviour often disgraceful. Batons and
helmets to tackle almost entirely peaceful citizens concerned for their
children’s safety and the state of Britain generally.
I don’t know what the TV channels had to say about these events but comments on
X suggest it is far right football hooligans again. The truth is very different.
Out of several thousands out on the streets and maybe three hours of video
watched until past midnight last night I observed quite a lot of patriotic
chanting in Parliament Square and the aforementioned acts of stupidity in Whitehall.
This afternoon the former Conservative MP Nick du Bois broadcasting on TalkRadio repeatedly
said that last night’s largely peaceful event was a riot and shouted down the
event organiser who had tried to calm matters. He denied the facts of the
videos. He is part of the problem.
However the overwhelming impression from in effect being there is that the police have become our enemies
and speaking personally I would be wary of visiting the streets of Central London at present.
The Prime Minister and Home Secretary by their actions in Southport - a few
photos and run - are failing us badly.
On a related note, another YouTube video was showing a pianist at St. Pancras
station’s public piano surrounded by four threatening police officers all of
whom claimed never to have heard of the term ‘Two Tier Policing’.
Neither the police nor the so called Main Stream Media have a clue where the truth lies.
For the truth, forget BBC and Sky, just watch events live on YouTube.